Gooseneck for 150/1500 truck

[Too many Kubotas]

I'm about as far from recommending towing with a 1/2-ton as it gets, but if I had to, this would be my trailer of choice. Checked the weight on the ball out of curiosity - 400 lbs. according to the scale, which was about right for that trailer. It was light.

You mean between a 5th wheel and a GN?

A GN has a ball which can be mounted below the trucks bed, allowing more open cargo space when towing.

What I really like is that a gooseneck has less leverage on the tow vehicle side to side because of the lower pivot point. Much like a bumper pull has lots of leverage on the tow vehicle, making a gooseneck (or even a 5th wheel) a much better choice.

 

[Hay Dude]

Not a fan of loomnum being used on a trailer, but that is incredibly light.

 

[LouNY]

Personally I would have a 1/2 with a gooseneck or 5th wheel if I was contemplated considerable towing with it. With a bumper pull without a WD unloading the front axle a gooseneck or 5th wheel is going to put some weight on the front axle for much better balance.
On back roads and field roads a WD hitch is about worthless, while a goose neck is always helping the pickup load all the way around. As long as the axle weight ratings are observed I much rather be using a goose neck then a bumper pull for max hauling.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Not a fan of loomnum being used on a trailer, but that is incredibly light.

I hesitated buying that one (for about $7K in '10) until learning that the guy was building Class 8 trailers for a living. Absolutely beautiful welds. And I'm sure he had squirreled away the material from work.

Had it delivered (only had a 1/2-ton at the time), only thing wrong with it was that it only had brakes on one of the 7K axles, which was easy enough to fix.

Should have added a third axle to make it more useful for me, but ended up selling it to a friend for cheap.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

I don’t like giving up the bed space even for a gooseneck. I have a 30ft gooseneck but I can haul nearly the same load using the flat bed and the bumper pull trailer. View attachment 3941856

But you still give up your bed space that you wanted to keep. It's tit for tat, I find uses for both gooseneck and bumper pull trailers that I own.

 

[Hay Dude]

But you still give up your bed space that you wanted to keep. It's tit for tat, I find uses for both gooseneck and bumper pull trailers that I own.

Yes they both have their places.
I need a BP fro my International 7500 to pull the excavator, but everytime I save up 5-10K to buy a used one, an unexpected invoice for 5-10K comes in the mail.

 

[gsganzer]

I used to tow an old aluminum Sundowner 2-horse slant w/rear tack with an F150 and 5.5 foot bed. I had an offset gooseneck to give additional cab clearance. It towed just fine.